NBR: Pudding shots? Also, chocolate trifle?

SusieBW

Has anyone made pudding shots before?  Like jello shots, but with pudding.

Some recipes I find say that they come out really liquidy, like a creamy shot, and not like pudding.  Others say that if you fold in a container of cool whip at the end, it fixes that problem.  I was going to try and make a bowl of pudding shots and then use that to layer into a chocolate trifle for a dessert for my Girls' Christmas party on Saturday, but if it's not pudding-y enough, that won't work.

Any advice?

Also, I always make a traditional trifle, with pound cake and fruit and custard - I've never made a chocolate one.  Do I just layer chocolate cake, pudding, and cool whip, or are there other layers I should include?  Crushed oreos or heath bars, maybe?  Or cherries?  I'll take all the advice/ideas I can get.

Thanks!

linzica

no idea, but am I invited?

solsburyhill

I think adding oreos or heath bars would be awesome.  No to the cherries but I don't like the chocolate/cherry combo.

SusieBW

linzica:

no idea, but am I invited?

Sure!  C'mon over! 

starshine985

I've never made pudding shots myself, but I've consumed enough of them to know that they're delicious!  They're definitely not liquidy... unless you allow them to sit outside of a fridge or freezer too long.  I have heard of folding in the cool whip, but my friend always makes them, so I'd have to ask her!